Black Liberation Churches?

[The Cushite]

I agree that the characterizations are very rigid, and I never meant that your church had to fit the discription to a "T". Just a general assessment would do.

I also agree that the message is prime. What I am asking about is the content of the message. Some preachers can preach a message in such away and support that message through dynamic ministry, and the message and ministry still renders the church as an entertainment type or accomodationalist type of church. Prime example is the ministry of T.D. Jakes. Now, I ain't against his ministry, I thank God for it. He has touched thousands, maybe millions with his message of economic empowerment through investing and "pop-psychology" or positive thinking. What makes his message accomodating as opposed to liberating is that he rarely questions powers that be. He hardly ever poses critical questions about criminal justice, economic disparity (other than his message of individual accumulation as opposed to economic justice), public educational quality, etc. This has real implications in the black community.

Now, this aspect of ministry is what seperates accomodationalist churches from liberation churches, like the qualitative difference between the Potters' House and Trinity UCC. So, I think that a distinction must be made, and not just rest on arguments about what people get from the message, but what message is being preached.

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